Chilly and sunny

The birdbath froze.  No birds on the feeder but a couple of mallards and that domestic duck left wakes disturbing the mirror surface of the creek.  A little breeze skitters leaves around making me think I see life. 

I poured hot water in the birdbath and now I see a white throat hopping about. A cardinal pair appeared and disputed the feeder with the sparrows.  Meanwhile the first pelican of the season cruised upstream, then came back down. (Last year, I sighted the first on November 4, and October 30 in 2011.)

The birdbath grew more ice.  It is cold! The sky stayed cloudless all day and ended in a multi-hued twilight.